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How to describe a new species in zoology and avoid mistakes
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- 1. Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601 and Australian National Insect Collection, National Research Collections Australia, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
- 2. Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan 116, Republic of China
- 3. Departamento de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Av. Arenales 1256, Apartado 14-0434, Lima- 14, Peru
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Braby, Michael F., Hsu, Yu-Feng, Lamas, Gerardo (2024): How to describe a new species in zoology and avoid mistakes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (4): 1-16, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae043, URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae043
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